Announcement in 2023: history, tradition

Believers remember the event when the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and announced that her son Jesus Christ would be born to her.

The Annunciation is one of the most important Christian holidays, celebrated in Ukraine and around the world every year on March 25. This holiday marks the day when the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Virgin Mary and announced to her that she would be the mother of Jesus Christ.

In Ukraine, the Annunciation is a public holiday, and it is celebrated in many cities and villages. On this day, churches hold special services, and many people come to church to pray and pay tribute to this important event.

From the church, believers also bring home holy water, because it is believed to have healing properties.

As in other church holidays, it is customary to gather at the festive table at the Annunciation and lay a rich table. Although Great Lent still continues, in honor of the holiday it is allowed to eat fish and seafood.

What not to do at the Annunciation

• Do not work at the Annunciation.

• It is forbidden to destroy, curse, call names. Thoughts should be pure and good.

• You can’t make a needle: knit, sew, make something.

• On this day, they did not give loans, because such an action promised financial problems for the whole year.

• Believing lovers never get married on the Annunciation, because this holiday involves repentance, and unworldly pleasure.

• At the Annunciation, you can wash your hair, but you cannot braid the braids. People believe that braids are like threads of life, and on this day they can intertwine and change a person’s fate and the line of his life.

Signs for Expression

• If the night was warm at the Annunciation, then the spring will be so.

• What is the weather for the Annunciation, like Easter.

• Advertisement without swallowing – in the cold spring.

• Cold wind in the Annunciation – in a cold summer, warm – in a warm one.

• If there is snow at the Annunciation, then for another month.

• Bright sun and cloudless skies today – until summer storms.

• Rainy weather – to a good catch for fishermen for the whole year.

In general, the Annunciation is an important religious and cultural event in Ukraine, bringing together people of different faiths and ages. It reminds of the importance of family, faith and prosperity, and that even in difficult times there is room for hope and joy.

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